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Monday, October 29, 2012

I've made another Christmas card, but I've also made it an advent calendar--a way to do the countdown of the days in December until Christmas Day.

The daily date shows up in that punched-out circle window underneath 'December'. The dates from 1 to 25 are arranged in a circle on a movable wheel. You can rotate the wheel by moving that piece that shows up in that punched-out semi-circle at the right side.

I've made this into an easel card so you can put the advent calendar on display.

I'm not entirely too happy with this card. It's too busy for my liking. Bad choice is designer papers, I think. DP's with simpler designs would have been better. Oh well...

The stamp for this and other adorable images are available fromMagnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store. Diana has a vast selection of both full-size and mini-size Magnolia images. And...the new Nativity Collection 2012 are ready for pre-order.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

With Christmas being just a bit over two months away--yikes, did you realize that?--I am going to be concentrating mainly on Christmas cards and projects for the next little while--until Christmas! So here's a card that I've just completed.

And yes, it's another easel card!

I am featuring this adorable image of Snowy Tilda from Magnolia's new A Christmas Story Collection 2012. Have you seen the rest of the collection? The images are oh-so-cute!! Check them out at Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. A vast selection of the full-size andmini-size stamps from past collections are available a well.

Magnolia-lious, Diana's on-line store, is my source of Magnolia stamps, offering you a vast selection of both the full-size and mini stamps. However, if you don't see the stamps that you want there--both of these two images are currently out of stock--just contact Diana and she will be happy to order it in for you. Have a look also at the variety of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you get to earn in-store credit for every order.

Monday, October 08, 2012

If you're looking for my posting for the Magnolia-licious October Blog Hop, click HERE--or scroll down below this posting.

Hello.

I am late with this posting..yikes! I was supposed to post this earlier today...LOL...for the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge Blog. Today being the 2nd Monday of the month--it's still Monday here in my neck of the woods, LOL, although it's already tomorrow in Europe--it's time for a new challenge to be introduced. The theme for the October challenge is Autumn/Fall.

Anyway, I had managed to finished only the card front, took a picture of it and send it over to meet the deadline be posted in the challenge blog. Took me today to finished the rest of the card...LOL. Finally, here is my DT card.

I hope you'll come and play along with our challenge. embellishments.de is our sponsor and they are offering a 10.00 Euros Gift Certificate.

In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme is 'Think Pink Treats'.The Magnolia-licious DT wants to help promote awareness/early detection and share what this Pink Think Month is all about with ALL women!We also want to honor all of those women that have or are currently fighting this disease and show our support in the fight!!! To show our support the DT has planned our own "Think Pink" Celebration and we hope you can all join in.Each DT gal has created some Sweet-PINK treats and PINK packaging to match using those beautiful Magnolia images.You can find some Magnolia stamps that were created specifically for Pink Ribbon Awareness at Magnolia-licious HERE.

If you're already taking part in the blog hop, then you've arrived here from Sharon's blog. Hang in there--you are almost done. I am the last stop...phew!! LOL.If you wish to start at the beginning, here is a list of my DT teammates in blog-hop order:

And yes, I baked those macarons myself! Cool, eh?
I tasted my first macaron when I was vacationing through France a couple of years ago. Ambrosia! I didn't think it was something you can home-bake, but as you can see, it is possible! There were a lot of googling on the internet, sorting through dozens of recipes, watching lots of video tutorials, reading all the tips and tricks in making them and going through numerous batches of failed macarons. But I think I can make decent ones now!!! Woo-hoo...

All the Magnolia stamps I have used here are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store. She has a vast selection of both the full-size and mini stamps. Check out also the selections of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana also gives excellent service, discounted prices and you earn in-store credit for every order to boot.

The two side panels are decorated the same way with this floral and foliage arrangement. ﻿

I struggled in deciding what to make. Finally decided to make Treat or Trick bags--well, they're treat bags really, no tricks in them...LOL. With time running out though...yikes, I was able to make only 2 of them.

Here's a view from a different angle to show the sides of the treat bags and also of how I've similarly decorated the back of both bags.

And this is Sitting Witch Tilda (link is for the mini stamp), from the So Spooky Collection 2009. OMG, I didn't realize that collection was that old. This Tilda looks just as adorable as newer ones, don't you think? I've used my markers to colour these images.

Check out Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious, as your source for your Magnolia stamps. Diana has a vast colletion of other full-size as well as mini images. You can expect excellent services and discounted prices, as well as earning in-store credit on each order.

I hope you'll be able to play along with us in our challenge. For inspirations, have a look at the fabulous projects that my DT teammates have created. No kidding here--they're really fabulous. Check them out HERE.
That's all for now. Thanks so much for dropping by. I appreciate the visit and each and every one of your sweet and encouraging comment. Have a wonderful week!